You know how everyone says sooner or later we all turn into our prents,well it's true.My mother always used to say "D ye hink I came up the Clyde in a wheelbarra."Well guess who says it now.Thats right me.By the way it means do you think i'm stupid.So does anyone else have any gems that they've inherited from their parents?

I can honestly say I haven't inherited any sayings as such, but I often catch myself pulling faces, or recognising small mannerisms etc. from my father.

Vinnie

My favorite isn't one I got from my Dad, but rather Bill Cosby.

"I brought you into this world, I can take you out."

I never used the ,"this is going to hurt me"... or, "there are starving children in..." lines.

About the worst ones I've picked up from Dad is, "the light turns off as easily as on" and "you make a better door than a window" when they're blocking the TV.

My Maw (mum) used the same one except it wasn't a wheel barrow it was a banana boat instead :-)

hmmm no sayings but a lot of stupidness lol... na, dads smart, but interest for welding mechanics and dirtbikes

Frank

What the hell does "Clyde in the wheelbarrel" mean?

The other two that I have are "Dont get yer knickers in a twist."and the ever popular "On yer bike!"To which my wife would always say "But where is she going."

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I thought you guys in the States spoke English as well? Whats the problem??? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

In gentlemans language ......
Do you think I came up the river clyde (Glasgow, Scotland) in a wheelbarrow?
Translated .... Do you think Im stupid or something? or How stupid do you think I am??

How about this one..."I hope your kids are 10 X's worst than you are" Now i'm saying it to my youngest daughter :-) :-) :-)

My mother was like Edith Bunker..... and the "Where's The Beef" lady.......rolled into one...... need I say more....... :-) :-) :-)
Pop was like me.... pretty straight to the point, certainly not politically correct, and did everything with humor, but a very dry humor.....
:-) :-) :-)
I could never post any of his more favorite sayings, especially about Edith.... but they were married over 40 years when my mother died, so guess they really did get along and love each other..... :-) :-) :-) :-)

hmmm, well my parents favourite sayings would have to be,
"why would you do that !?"
" Get down from there"
"Watch your mouth or i'll wash it out with soap"
" your old enough you should know better!"
and my dads
"get me a cold one"
:-) :-) :-) :-)
not really im not a terror

My Irish grandmother always used to answer our " but why can't we do this or that Nana 5 or 6 times with, oh eat sh*t and run with the hens ". Never figured that out, all we knew was that Nana said a bad word. She also used to answer our, we want this Nana or we want that Nana with " How about you kids put sh*t in one hand and want in the other and tell me which one gets heavier first ". Well I use them today and my wife being English and Swedish keeps muttering something about me being black Irish? - Thanks dear. My Polish father always said " Son your Polish and Irish, thats a great combination, cause your to stupid to know when you've had to much to drink." Shrinks keep calling my house asking if they can do a thesis on me is that a good thing or a bad thing. I always use what I heard from my childhood on my kids, my wife just looks at me crosseyed, go figure. - Cheyenne

"who do you think you're talking to?? I am your mother."
"watch your mouth"

"you don't WANT my full attention"

The two sayings my Dad used to come out with are
"you will have someones eye out with that". No matter what you were holding.
" do you live in a barn". When you leave a door open.
And latley i have been saying to the kids (when they p**s me off, the little treasures) "I gave you life, i can easily take it away again", needless to say they tell me mummy made them. :-) :-)

The ones I lay on my son are:
Do that again and your mom and I will be a childless couple.............
And after a really lame answer from him..........
Hey kid,I was born at night,but it wasn't last night...........
Yes he still lives and I haven't sold him into slavery either! :-)

My Dad to his mini herd 'o kids "It's all fun and games until somebody looses an eye"

Fast forward to Captain94 warning his firefighters of the EXACT same thing.....geez, is that my Pops some where around? Nah. it's just me

To this day I have yet to figure it out..my oldman would say.."like the Russians say ..tough" Yous got me!

Hi...
I have a couple inherited from my Grandmother....
When my brothers and I got a little out of hand she used to say "you're getting peasabovestix....."
For years we thought it was an actual word. I'm sure you've guessed it...Peas above sticks.
Meaning when growing peas run out of cane they tend to get a little wayward.

Another is...(old coal fires)..."give that fire a poke...it's sulking".

Bless her and Grannies everywhere.

Cheers
Peter
:-)

My mums favourites were "you wait till your father gets home" or "make sure you put clean underpants on when you go out you might get hit by a bus or something" :-)
dads was "do you think I floated down on the last shower"

I used to ask him when I was a kid why do you put your teeth in a glass at night dad (he had false teeth top and Bottom) "well if they start to ache son they wont wake me up"

One I inherited from an old guy when I lived in Aussie "you think your as crafty as a Sh** house rat , well remember son I taught the Rat" Mum and Dad both gone now but still dearly loved